13. A Wall of Winter

A WALL OF WINTER 13 The tornado was spinning and swirling down the hall. Sam wanted to just let the icy storm pass. But he knew Orson Eerie fed on students. And he knew if Orson Eerie made it to the gym, he would feast on everyone!

一堵冬天的墙龙卷风在大厅里不停地旋转。 山姆只想让冰暴过去。 但他知道奥森·怪诞以学生为食。 他知道如果奥森·怪诞去了健身房，他会吃掉所有人的！

"We need to destroy the tornado!" Sam shouted over the wind. "How?" Antonio asked. "This isn't a regular tornado," Sam replied. "It's made of ice and snow. So we should be able to beat it with..."

“我们需要摧毁龙卷风！”萨姆在风中喊道。 “如何?”安东尼奥问道。“这不是普通的龙卷风，”萨姆回答。 “它是由冰和雪构成的。 所以我们应该可以用……”

"Heat!" Lucy exclaimed. "So where's the hottest place in school?" asked Antonio. Lucy began flipping through the blueprints. "The big radiator outside the gym!" she said. "Then that's where we're going!" Sam said. He looked down at the floor. The heat had caused a thin layer of water to form, but the ice was still thick enough for skating. "Hold on tight!" Lucy and Antonio grabbed on to the sash, and Sam skated out into the hallway. He took off, towing his friends behind him. SCREECH! The tornado made a sound like nails on a chalkboard.

“热!”露西喊道。“那么学校里最热的地方在哪里呢？”安东尼奥问。 露西开始翻阅蓝图。 “健身房外面的大暖气片！”她说。 “那我们就去那儿！”山姆说。 他低头看着地板。 高温使冰面上形成了一层薄薄的水层，但冰的厚度仍然足够滑冰。 “抓紧了！”露西和安东尼奥抓住腰带，山姆滑到走廊里。 他拖着他的朋友们离开了。 尖叫!龙卷风发出钉子敲黑板的声音。

Swirling mist filled the hallway. Hail pounded the lockers. Water splashed the friends' backs. Furious winds pulled at them. Their jackets whipped about. Sam glanced over his shoulder as he skated. Just behind his friends, he saw the speeding tornado. It was gaining on them.

走廊里弥漫着雾气。 冰雹敲打着储物柜。水溅在朋友们的背上。 狂风向他们袭来。 他们的夹克衫四处飘动。 山姆溜冰时回头看了一眼。 就在他的朋友们身后，他看到了疾驰的龙卷风。 它正在逼近他们。

Sam's heart was pounding. Sweat dripped down his back. His legs felt weak. He still had two long hallways to skate before he reached the radiator. "I can't skate fast enough!" Sam called to his friends. "Orson's catching up to us!" For a moment, all Sam heard was the roaring tornado. Then Lucy said something crazy: "Antonio and I will let go!" "What?!" cried Antonio. "That tornado will suck us right up!" "Sam will be able to skate to the radiator without us slowing him down," explained Lucy. "It's the only way we'll stop Orson!"

山姆的心怦怦直跳。汗水从他背上滴落下来。 他感到双腿发软。在到达散热器之前，他还有两条长长的走廊要滑。 “我滑得不够快！”萨姆叫来他的朋友们。 “奥森要追上我们了！”有那么一会儿，山姆听到的只有咆哮的龙卷风。 然后露茜说了句疯狂的话：“安东尼奥和我要放手！”“什么？！”安东尼奥叫道。 “龙卷风会把我们卷起来的！”“萨姆可以滑到暖气片那里，而不会被我们拖慢，”露西解释说。 “这是我们阻止奥森的唯一办法！”

Antonio's voice was firm. "Okay," he said. Before Sam could say "no," they let go of the sash! He looked back. It was like watching a movie in slow motion. Sam saw Antonio's and Lucy's eyes go wide as they were lifted off their feet. They were yanked into the air and pulled into the dark, spinning cloud.

安东尼奥的声音很坚定。“好吧，”他说。 山姆还没来得及说“不”，他们就松开了腰带！他回头看了看。 就像看一部慢动作的电影。 山姆看到安东尼奥和露茜被抬起来时眼睛睁得大大的。 他们被猛拉到空中，被拉进了旋转的黑云里。